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Peace Tower bells to keep ringing out through construction

As construction workers take over Centre Block for the next 10 years, dominion carillonneur Andrea McCrady, dressed in a hard hat and steel toe boots, will continue climbing the Peace Tower each day to go to work.

She said she's been told she can keep playing until at least 2021, when construction might silence the bells. Planners want to make sure the bells ring again by July 1, 2027, the 100th anniversary of their inauguration.

Artifacts, mementos moving

Portraits have been removed from the walls while staff and MPs relocate to the newly renovated West Blockthe temporary home of the House of Commons, starting in January.

Johanna Mizgala, the curator who is responsible for making sure the art, ceremonial objects and heritage furniture are moved safely into the new building, said it's difficult to leave such a beloved space.